… multiple pieces of Liberal legislation attacking workers’ rights, and employers who are attempting to take away key benefits from healthcare workers in Nova Scotia, bargaining talks have finally broken …
… reliant on our airline industry with routes reaching every corner of the country. That is why there is so much at stake … spread across vast distances. Atlantic Canadians finding work in the oil patch. Western kids moving east for jobs in … and Sunwing, all of our members are furloughed or inactive. Workers have also lost their health insurance, and more are …
… Unifor bands together from coast-to-coast in solidarity for … 4, 2023 Share Main Image Image Now is the time to fight forworkers and to build worker power. Unifor members, leaders … Family Education Centre in Port Elgin, Ont. during the RetiredWorkers Council. “Today, Labour Day, recognizes the …
… New Resolute collective agreements covering 2,000 workers June 9, 2014 Share Main Image Image With new collective agreements covering 2,000 workers at Resolute Forestry Products' 11 locations across …
… United Church of Canada Recognizes Need for Clergy Solidarity March 17, 2014 Share TORONTO , March 17, 2014 /CNW/ - The United Church of Canada … Community Chapter, a Unifor union for United Church faith workers, the Church recommends there should be an …
… Budget fails to help struggling Canadians: Unifor April 21, 2015 Share OTTAWA , April 21, 2015 /CNW/ - In a … failure to create good jobs and economic growth, says Unifor. "The Harper Conservatives' budget is too little, too … union in the private sector, representing more than 305,000 workers. It was formed Labour Day weekend 2013 when the …
… Unifor Local 103 and Ontario Northland address diversity and … inclusive and respectful workplace. The 294 transportation workers tuned into 12 joint training sessions online – each … a while, beginning with the previous local president. “He retired and I ended up taking over and picked up where he …
… people April 27, 2021 Share Main Image Image This column originally appeared in the Toronto star. To hear executives at two of Canada ’ s largest … on the job and bringing it home to their families. Retail workers and long-term care staff have been on the frontlines …
… Bargaining Update #3 September 6, 2020 Share Unifor members, After having been in active negotiations in downtown Toronto with company officials at Ford, General Motors and … established a lengthier timeframe for newly hired hourly workers to attain the equivalent rate of pay and other …
… Where was the outrage as workers rights were violated? September 7, 2018 Share Main Image Image By Lana Payne, Atlantic Regional Director For nearly 630 days, 30 workers from Gander, Newfoundland …
… Jerry Dias charged with breach of Unifor Constitution March 23, 2022 Share Main Image Image TORONTO– The Unifor National Executive Board has determined … largest union in the private sector, representing 315,000 workers in every major area of the economy. The union …
… Rally fighting health care privatization sets tone for NOLM February 25, 2023 Share Main Image Image Waving flags and chanting, “public health care,” Unifor members braved the -30C windchill to march in Thunder Bay … hired. Have we seen any of those? Not one. [Health care workers] are so understaffed and exhausted, they’ve seen …
… Prairie Regional Council focuses on building worker power March 10, 2023 Share Main Image Image Unifor’s 2023 Prairie Regional Council (PRC) focused on the … are meeting and plotting to use the uncertainty faced by workers as a recruiting tool to club and cow vulnerable …
… Support for auto and aerospace a glaring omission in budget March 29, … and aerospace, and the spending habits of its well-paid workers. No plan is to rebuild the middle class in this … and aerospace, and the spending habits of its well-paid workers. No plan is to rebuild the middle class in this …
… Atlantic Council Wrap up April 15, 2014 Share Unifor’s Regional Councils and the Quebec Council are a democratic force for union activism, solidarity, and strength. They are … recommended that the Atlantic Unifor Region be a voice of workers’ safety and health by advocating for stronger health …
… Follow up to pre-budget presentation to Minister Fortier March 30, 2021 Share The Honourable Mona Fortier Minister of Middle Class Prosperity and Associate … and lack of income security millions of Canadian workers face. When we entered the pandemic, many were …
… on closing day August 20, 2023 Share Main Image Image Unifor’s Canadian Council focused on supporting mental health in the workplace on the third and final … a panel discussion about how mental health isn’t something workers can check at the door when they get to work. The …
… Flexibility on truck retirement deadline needed to avert port gridlock January 7, 2022 Share Main Image Image VANCOUVER —The controversial plan to force hundreds of container trucks out of the Metro Vancouver … deadline with flexibility and meaningful input from the workers that help keep shipping goods moving in the Lower …
… A pause for victories, but the fight must continue: ORC December 3, 2022 … and effectively with other unions to support CUPE education workers, including planning for a general strike when Ford …
… Gregg is one of Canada’s most recognized and respected senior research professionals and social commentators. From 1979 through 1993, Gregg was known as the official … has grown by 750,000 new union members to 3.3 million workers. During his 13 years as president of the British …
… Join Unifor at Labour Day Share Main Image Date Monday, September 4, … also an opportunity to stand in solidarity with our fellow workers and show our collective strength. Find an event near … Among those marching will be members of the RetiredWorkers Council who are attending a five-day …
… Mental health, reproductive justice, and support for 2SLGBTQIA+ community big themes at ARC June 7, 2023 … to discuss and debate priority issues for the union. Workers united against divisive politics “Members spoke with … Johnstone-Laurette, Unifor member Japna Sidhu-Brar, and retired staff representative Garry Murray bridged the gaps …
… Jim Stanford: Election 2015 and the Battle of Economic Ideas November … I am not a member of a political party. I recognize the importance of elections, participate in election campaigns … quite similar to this view in its 2014 paper “ Politics forWorkers .”) Did the median voter’s views on economic issues …
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